Transport in the Heavy Fermion Superconductor UPt3

We report new theoretical results and analysis for the transport properties of superconducting UPt3 based on the leading models for the pairing symmetry. We use Fermi surface data and the measured inelastic scattering rate to show that the low-temperature thermal conductivity and transverse sound attenuation in the A and B phase of UPt3 are in excellent agreement with pairing states belonging to the two-dimensional orbital E2u representation.Comment: 2 pages, contribution at Int. Conf. LT-22, Helsinki, Finland, 4-11 Aug. 199

An integrated mathematical model of crew scheduling

In conditions of air transport companies, the process of planning flight schedules is one of the most important processes each airline has to deal with. The flight schedule planning process consists of several consecutive plans. The first step of the planning process is defining which air routes will be operated, the decision is based on the business plan of the air transport company. Consequently, suitable airplanes have to be assigned to the individual air routes. And finally, on the basis of the pre-vious steps shifts of pilots can be planned, the shifts are usually planned one month in advance. However, with no respect to the created plan some unexpected disruptions of the flying staff, especially of the pilots, may happen in practice due to many reasons. In such cases the original plan has to be modified in order to react to the disruptions. The modifications can represent an optimisation problem – the air transport company has a set of the pilots and on the basis of their qualification and experience the company has to create new aircrews. The pilots can be found in different localities that are different from the airports of the planned flight departures. That means the newly planned aircrews are assigned to the individual flights with respect to costs associated with transportation of the aircrews to the airports of their departure. The problem can be solved by many approaches. One of the possible approaches is a heuristic approach which is based on sequential solving two linear mathematical models. The first model decides about the aircrews (matches the pilots with respect to their compatibility). The second model solves the assignment problem – the air-crews are matched with the individual flights. The article presents an integrated linear model which deals with both problems at the same time.V podmínkách leteckých dopravců je hlavním výsledkem plánovacího procesu letový řád. Samotná tvorba letového řádu je posloupností několika na sebe navazujících dílčích plánů. Prvním krokem v procesu plánování je naplánování linek podle obchodního záměru dopravce, následně se naplánovaným letům přidělí konkrétní typ letadla. Zpravidla s měsíčním předstihem je nutné vytvořit plán práce pro posádky pilotů, kteří budou letouny obsluhovat. Bez ohledu na vytvořený plán práce posádek však může dojít k neočekávaným výpadkům personálu. Potom je nutné operativně upravit připravený plán a posádky přeplánovat. Jedná se tedy o optimalizační problém, kdy dopravce má k dispozici množinu pilotů, z nichž je nutné na základě jejich kvalifikace a zkušeností vytvořit nové posádky. Piloti se mohou nacházet v různých destinacích, které mohou být různé od letišť odletů. Nově vytvořené posádky jsou potom přidělovány konkrétním letadlům v závislosti na velikosti nákladů spojených s přepravou posádek k letadlům. Uvedený problém lze řešit různými způsoby. První způsob je heuristický založený na postupném řešení dvou lineárních modelů. V prvním modelu se rozhoduje o vytvoření posádek. Druhý model vytvořené posádky přiděluje letadlům. Cílem tohoto příspěvku bude prezentovat integrovaný lineární model řešící oba problémy současně

The Power of Poetic Praxis in the Literature of Pat Mora and Ana Castillo

Chicana literary work is predominantly characterized by poetry. Lyrical poetic phrases are interwoven into Chicanas’ short stories, novels, theoretical, and critical essays. Why poetry? What is distinct about poetry as a literary genre or the process of writing poetry that facilitates Chicanas’ self-expression? Various Chicana writers refer to the process of writing poetry as essential to the (trans)formation of identity and society. Poetry allows Chicanas to transform their own identities and to re-define the contours of the world by creating a new or distinct reality from which to act. Collectively, Chicana writers produce a corpus of literary work that is characterized by the commingling of poetry, theory, and criticism. In this article I illustrate that these three phenomena are inextricably linked and that theoretical and critical essays written by and about Chicanas often grow out of and through their more creative, poetic literary work. My analysis focuses primarily on two Chicana authors, Pat Mora and Ana Castillo, and examines how their poetry exemplifies and contextualizes some of their abstract claims and critical theories, as well as how the blending of poetry, theory, and criticism functions as a powerful tool to create socio-political change both in the academy and beyond

Pilot Study expert, guest artist education experiences for music students at the university level.

Many Universities have opportunities to work with guest and visiting artists of every musical genre and instrumentation. The University of Alaska Fairbanks, mainly because of the extreme distance between peer and aspirational universities, does not often host a visiting artist. We wanted to gather data on how UAF music majors, students, and community members and Fairbanks high school students would respond to a visiting artist. Vijay Singh, currently on faculty at Central Washington University, has visited Fairbanks in the past. He has presented at UAF Jazz Fest and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Mr. Singh is also versed in several genres of music from jazz to choral and composition. After a performance by Vijay Singh on Saturday, April 28, we will survey attendees to garner data on how the performance was received. Our hope is that Fairbanks will grow and flourish from visiting artists and such visits will become common at UAF